Gateway Foundation

JULY 5, 2022

If you or someone you love are at risk of overdosing, you may wonder what happens next and what you can do to respond and recover. Learn these overdose facts to help yourself and others know what to do after an overdose. How Dangerous Is an Overdose? Not all drug or alcohol use results in death by overdose, but many can. Overdoses are very dangerous in any circumstance and can lead to severe, short- and long-term consequences if left untreated.

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Famcare

JULY 7, 2022

Victims ' of domestic violence are frequently traumatized and perplexed, believing there is no way out of their predicament. However, many survivors have difficulty recognizing the abuse. Understanding and recognizing the various types of domestic violence is essential for leaving an abusive environment.

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The New Social Worker

JULY 6, 2022

Narrative ethics is an approach to exploring ethical issues by engaging people in storytelling. It is based on social constructionism, and there is no singular objective truth. Instead, it is relational and situational.

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My Brains Not Broken

JULY 7, 2022

I am tired. Tired of a lot of things, but today I’m sharing one specific reason I’m tired. I’m tired of seeing mental illness get weaponized. Tired of seeing mental health being brought up in bad faith, in harmful, disingenuous and shameful ways that undo the work people have put in for decades to shrink the stigma surrounding mental health.

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Advertiser: Caseworthy

Thousands of nonprofits rely on case management software to help collect data, manage programs, coordinate with agencies, and provide life-changing health and human services. Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget.

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Gary Direnfeld

JULY 6, 2022

Relationships have a momentum. For far too many, the quality of the relationship has little bearing on the momentum. With that, the relationship follows steps. Those steps can last days to several years. Meet Get to know each other a bit. Continue meeting. Sex. Meet friends and/or family of the other. Cohabitation. Perhaps a commitment to marriage. Engagement.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JULY 6, 2022

IASSW Announces The Release Of Social Dialogue Magazine # 26. Dear Colleagues, International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) has launched Social Dialogue magazine volume 26 on Black Lives Matter: developments in de-colonising social work. This volume contains 16 articles from Ecuador, Guyana, Uruguay, Papua New Guinea, Italy, UK, Canada, Australia, and Aotearoa/New Zealand, exploring the title “Black lives matter: Developments in decolonising social work”.

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My Brains Not Broken

JULY 5, 2022

Every so often, I deal with situations or moments that I’ve come to recognize as “winding myself up.” I know that it’s a pretty well-known phrase and this happens to a lot of people, but I wanted to talk about my experience with getting wound up because I think it’s a unique insight into what it’s like to experience anxiety.

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Swhelper

JULY 7, 2022

SWHELPER. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaska social worker Yvonne Chase is the new president-elect of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and has pledged to keep the association focused on social justice issues while advocating for innovations to prepare the fast-growing social work profession for future challenges. Chase, PhD, LCSW, ACSW, MSW, who is an associate professor […].

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 7, 2022

Ever since the awful day 25 years ago when what would become the Adoption and Safe Families Act passed the House of Representatives, I’ve known that only one Democrat – Rep. Patsy Mink of Hawaii – was wise and courageous enough to vote against it. (A handful of Republicans opposed it, mostly on states’ rights grounds.) But only after a tweet from former New York Times reporter Nina Bernstein pointed me to Ben Proudfoot’s wonderful Times “op-doc” mini documentary about Rep.

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The Guardian

JULY 4, 2022

The police strip-search at school of Child Q caused outrage. But experts say it is just one example of how black children are perceived as more mature – and culpable – than white peers Ahmed has a recurring nightmare. The specifics change, but the script stays the same: he is in terrible danger, he tries to call the police, but no one responds. He is alone.

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Speaker: Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

You may have the clinical skills to manage a private practice, but your success could actually hinge on marketing skills. For a thriving practice, you need to differentiate yourself from others and present yourself in a way that attracts referrals. These days, much of that happens online, including on social media. In this webinar, Gary Direnfeld will discuss how social media marketing can help you build your private practice and grow your client base.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JULY 2, 2022

The People’s Charter for an Eco-Social World. People’s Charter for an Eco-Social World. The People’s Charter for an Eco-Social World comes from the People’s Global Summit, ‘Co-Building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind’, held online on 29 June – 2 July 2022. It is a living document and reference point that will grow as the world’s populations share their solutions to our joint challenges, so all people can live with confidence, security, and peace in a sustainable world.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 8, 2022

Getty Image. By Gary Pettengell, ECINS. If there were ever a time to truly appreciate the essential contributions to society made by social workers – it would be now. As we find ways to recognize, inspire, and equip social work professionals tackling a confluence of challenges in schools, families, and communities, the most important thing is to acknowledge the immense challenges they face every day across every sector of the service field.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 5, 2022

A longtime "child welfare" establishment apparatchik says the quiet part out loud Most of the time, the columns that longtime “child welfare” establishment apparatchik Paul DiLorenzo, writes for The Imprint , are just dull regurgitations of establishment talking points. But his most recent column is, in its own way, fascinating. For decades, in hundreds of news stories, when confronted with the needless removal of a child, the family police (a more accurate term than “child welfare”) have said s

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The Guardian

JULY 2, 2022

Nearly one in five people in England and Wales are 65 or over – some are thriving, some struggling. How are we coping with the social, cultural and political change this brings? As an hour-long exercise class in Cromer’s parish hall culminates in a triumphant ribbon routine, irrepressible instructor Annamarie Sterne addresses the group. “Has anyone got a knot?

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CAPC

JULY 5, 2022

How palliative care program leaders throughout the country have creatively and effectively responded to an increased demand for consults.

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Bipolar Bandit

JULY 8, 2022

MORE QUOTES. 50 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#1). 65 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#2). 35 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#3). 45 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#4). 25 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#5). 30 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire (#6). 30 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire Part 7. 30 Mental Health Quotes that Inspire Part 8.

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International Federation of Social Workers

JULY 8, 2022

Migrants of African descent Murdered at Spain-Morocco Border On the 28 June, 2022, the IFSW Africa Region raised a concern on human rights on the lives of migrants. On June 24, 2022, the world witnessed yet another tragic event: the gruesome killing of many Africans at the Melila border between Morocco and Spain. In a […].

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 6, 2022

? Responding to investigative reporting by NPR, the federal government has told states they no longer have to make parents pay ransom to get their children back from foster care. (They don’t call it ransom, of course, but when someone takes away your child and makes you pay money to get the child back, anything else is a euphemism). Federal law has always been more flexible about this than states let on.

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The Guardian

JULY 3, 2022

Exclusive: shadow health secretary says service in England would be brought in over several parliaments Labour will aim to bring in a national care service in England with just as much ambition as the 1945 government that brought in the NHS, the shadow health secretary has said, launching a review of how it would work. In an interview with the Guardian, Wes Streeting said he had asked the Fabian Society to look at how the service would be funded and structured, with a view to bringing it in over

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The New Social Worker

JULY 4, 2022

Use these tools to build a purposeful professional self-care practice that includes a personalized and comprehensive self-care lifestyle.

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International Federation of Social Workers

JULY 4, 2022

Join us for a virtual event, following up on the Global People’s Summit on Co-Building, Promoting and Sustaining an Eco-Social World. Where: Online, please register here: Register here When: Thursday, 7 July, 2022 – 13:00-14:30PM EST Speakers will share insights from the 2022 People’s Global Summit,social protection programs and policies that promote eco-social practices across […].

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Living Sober

JULY 7, 2022

Edith Moore is of Cook Island M?ori descent. She has a Masters Degree in health psychology, is a mother of two, a grandmother of three, and she is sober. Click on the video or audio below to hear my Sobriety Chat with Edith. We discuss how she dealt with childhood neglect, learning how to honour anger and the work she […]. The post Sobriety Chat: Edith first appeared on Living Sober.

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The Guardian

JULY 3, 2022

Providing homes for young people is not just another public service. Transformative change is needed The creation of a market in children’s social care was a terrible mistake. Its origins lie in the introduction of compulsory competitive tendering in the 1980s, along with the health service internal market – a model that spread to other sectors. New Labour also failed to draw a necessary line.

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The New Social Worker

JULY 7, 2022

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has named Ohio social worker Dr. Patrice Palmer as the 2022 National Social Worker of the Year. She received the award for her work in helping break the cycle of mass incarceration.

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International Federation of Social Workers

JULY 7, 2022

IFSW member organizations are expressing deep concern about the lack of global attention to the hyperinflation of basic essential commodities and the broken trade supply chains. These include the accessibility and of affordability of basic essential commodities such as bread, clean water, fertilizers and fuel, leading to ‘inflation refugees’ and a likelihood of widespread starvation. […].

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Living Sober

JULY 4, 2022

It's very hard to explain the intensity of a drinking dream to someone who isn't sober. It's one of those experiences we sober people have that are hard to convey in words to non-sober people. It doesn't sound that bad to say: "Last night I dreamt I was drinking. It really upset me and I woke up feeling unsettled." You might […]. The post Drinking Dreams first appeared on Living Sober.

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The Guardian

JULY 7, 2022

Report by MPs calls for academies that illegally turn away looked-after children to be punished by Ofsted A report by MPs has identified “a host of indefensible system failings” behind the educational disadvantage affecting children in care, and called for academies that illegally turn them away to be punished by Ofsted. The report by the education select committee accused the government of failing to act as a “pushy parent” by placing looked-after children in the best schools available, resulti

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JULY 8, 2022

International Social Work Leader Review. CSWE’s Commission on Global Social Work Education and the Katherine A. Kendall Institute collaborate to offer the International Social Work Leader Review. Each quarter the Review features an individual who has made significant contributions to international social work education with ties to the United States.

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Beyond Advocacy

JULY 7, 2022

The United States economy is teetering on the brink these days, as are most of the world’s economies. Many are predicting dire days ahead. Stock market watchers such as British investor Jeremy Grantham believes bubbles created by the longest bull market in history, interrupted briefly in 2020 by the Covid-19 pandemic, are about to burst. Coupled with extreme economic inequality and rampant inflation, he believes it’s just a matter of time before the bottom falls out.

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Living Sober

JULY 7, 2022

Edith Moore is of Cook Island M?ori descent. She has a Masters Degree in health psychology, is a mother of two, a grandmother of three, and she is sober. Click on the video or audio below to hear my Sobriety Chat with Edith. We discuss how she dealt with childhood neglect, learning how to honour anger and the work she […] Sobriety Chat: Edith was first posted on July 8, 2022 at 2:08 pm. ©2019 " Living Sober " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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The Guardian

JULY 7, 2022

Stephen Smith says neoliberalism has led to the vilification of the public provision of public services. Plus a letter from Jonathan Stanley Your editorial ( 3 July ) on children’s care homes proposes an important first step in reversing the trend since the 1980s in replacing the concept of public service as an underlying value with the profit motive.

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The Masked AMHP

JULY 7, 2022

The Mental Health Act 1983 has been through a long process of review. Wessely’s Review was published in December 2018, and the Government White Paper was published in January 2021. Finally, in June 2022, the Draft Bill has been published.

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Michigan Social Work

JULY 7, 2022

Two Michigan Social Work PhD students have received 2022 Next Generation Initiative Awards from the Institute of Social Research. Analidis Ochoa was awarded a Marshall Weinberg Endowment for her project “Blood Veins for Hire: Plasma Donation in an age of Inequality, Instability, and Precarious Work.” Briana Starks received a Sarri Family Fellowship for Research on Educational Attainment of Children in Low Income Families for her project “Diapers, Debt, & Degrees: The Practical and Theoretica

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Famcare

JULY 6, 2022

Health care social workers are reporting an uptick in patients complaining of persistent symptoms after recovering from a bout with COVID-19. Social media has already named these unconfirmed diagnoses Long Covid, and the public is beginning to take their own pulse and check fitness stats on their iPhones and Fitbits. Social workers tell us it is too early to scientifically ascertain whether these reported symptoms are an unexpected permanent consequence of the SARS-CoV-2 infection or if the symp

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JULY 4, 2022

IASSW General Assembly 2022. Dear Colleagues, IASSW members and Friends. Greetings from IASSW!! IASSW is looking forward to the 2022 General Meeting which will be held via an online platform on the Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 12:00pm Wed, July 13 2022 (CEST). Please register here at [link]. IASSW Board of Directors look forward to your active participation in the activities of our association.

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